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Colorado gubernatorial candidates react to Comey firing along partisan lines
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Reaction among Colorado gubernatorial candidates to President Trump’s termination of FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday split along partisan lines, with Democrats expressing outrage and calling for an independent investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, while Republicans either declined to weigh in or said it was time to look ahead. “Clearly (Donald Trump)…
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Colorado leaders unite in defense of the recreational marijuana industry
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With U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions hinting that the Trump administration might intensify the enforcement of federal marijuana laws, Colorado leaders from both sides of the aisle have come to the defense of the state’s legal marijuana industry in an uncommon show of solidarity in what many consider to be divisive political times of unmatched…
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Lawmakers, industry leaders denounce White House marijuana enforcement signals
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Word that the White House could begin cracking down on the marijuana trade in states that have legalized the drug drew swift rebuke Thursday from Democratic lawmakers in Colorado, the first state to cultivate a recreational pot industry. “Whether it is building a wall or stripping protections for trans students, President Trump has already shown…